Bolting-up device



J. STANMORE AND D. KENNEDY.

BOLTING-UP DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 30.1919.

' 1,415,726, Patented May 9, 1922.

INVENTORS 1 721/77 9: Sta/#770 1 jar/a fiw/raafy UNITED STATEfi PATENT OFFICE;

BOLTING-UTE' S it Application filed July st,

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lie it known that win llviiuns 'lflllillllll l and Div II) Knlvnnmf, citizens of the United States, residing}; at Seattle, in the county elf Ki ng and State oi \Vashington, have in vent ed certain new and useiful linproveinents in Belting-lip Devices, of which the 'lollowing i spc cifi cuti o n.

This inwntion relot eh] in pet a nd 1:) :n'ticul u r as lmlter ups. i

in devices hitherto employed i'or drawing metul plates of structural worlt together neperetouv to uniting the same by rivets, a number oi defects exist which it the object of this invention to oliviute,

Floine oi the devices are oil reluti'mlv lur 'e size end heavy, while others are in the nature of nnn hines which requireinuch attention and frequent adjustments to lreen in order. All of them, as tar as we know, however, are more or less imperfect, lelunrious to use, slow in action and require so much space in w to operate that they are unsuited for work in many places es in the tunlzs of ships.

The object of our invention is to even comethe above mentioned and other diliicules to iinnrovoinent in he to that class l'UiUWll ties by the provision. oi an inexpensive,

strong and durable bolting-up device wl'iich is constructed of :1 minimum number. oi pair-ts Another object to provide it device oi? this character which new be quickly applied and conveniently operated.

With these and other ends in. view, the invention consists in the novel construction, uduptution and combination of parts as wi l, he hereimitter described and claimed.

in the nccoin mnying (ll'ttW'lhgjS, Figure 1 is it view pertlv in elevetion and partly in longitudinal section of our immoved bolt-- ing-up device shown applied. Fig". 2 is a similar view tulren at right angles to the plane of: Fig. l. and showing the work psi-ts in differentreletive posit'ni.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view oi? the post member oi? the device; and Fig. t is e perspective view of the sleeve member thereof. Fig. 5 is a side elfi'lfitlmldl view of e wr-adge which may he substituted lor the wedge shown in Fig. 2.

Referring to the druwln s, the i'nnneruls and 6 designate plates to illustrate the en plicetion of the present inventioin lhe plates being shown in ig'i 'l. in spaced rein. tions and. in Fig. 2 they are shown as drawn Putent.

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together through the instrnnientulity of our said hinlvelmnent T :1 slot 110 which is coextenye with a soul jl l oi iiieinicirculer lorrs ai'e'tei'zthl n. niicwided in the heed element 8: l itted to the body elenient 7' oi the post ineniher is en annulus or sleeve ll having on entel'nul llhlmdill' oi the same diemeteri det-iirehly us the head 8. 4

in. the end of the sleeve adjacent to said heed ere provided two niirs oi notches which are seenectivelv indicated bv 1.2. 12 end "ii-l, ill. The eoinplenien nhtches oi each] noir heingi disposed. at dimnetricellv opposit sides of the sleeve and, us showii in i i i one heir e iotches is, by preterenee, urreinrml in ii lit angular relation with resneet to the other pair.

lhe inner ends es l9? and 18 oil? the respective notches ere errunscd in planes in olined tom the s oil the sleeve. 14; and

re n'esent tepel driven t ,n'ougrh the slotcnd notches oi the post unidv sleeve inen'ibers.

tieid nine ere oi? sl g'htlv less thiclmess than the width ct said slot with parallel side :lhces 16. :1 plane edge face 17 and a:

curved ed iuce 18. The angular relation llfilirv' lll i in cd res l7 end 18 of a pin. corresponds W :h the inclination. of the plane of the notch feces 12 or 1.3 oi. the sleeve with ltfi-lfnfl'il to s oleno extending at right angles through the sleeve axis so that the sleeve will here heeringrs ut dimnetricelly opposite sides against the pin. '1 he device is further ln't'iv'llliltl with u nut 10 engeeeeble on the screw threads oi the post stud 9.

d ith the sleeve ii. on the bed oi": the post ineinher, the st 1d oi the letter is inserted, through holes ti mid 6 oi the oluftes 5 end ii, the nut '19 is eii irugetl with the s ud three nod screwed down on the stud into l'Oll .1 s with the outer plate thee The smaller pin is then introduced ro'uu h u pithoi the slee e notches us l2 r e d also through the post n the i'i sided edee oi the Bill hearing against the sent 10 ii the head The operator then drives with. a hammer nns adapted to be 1,

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against the larger end of the pin to force the latter further through the device, resulting in the pin acting as a wedge between the seat 10 and the inner ends, as 12 of the slots causing the sleeve to be forced against the plate 5 to draw the same against the other plate 6 which is held by the nut 19. Where there is considerable space between the plates the smaller and larger wedge pins may be used successively, the distance taken up by the smaller pin being retained while substituting pins by means, for instance, of a bolt passing through a pair of registering plate holes adjacent to the holes which are utilized with our device.

The referred to bolt and the holes therefor are not shown in the drawings.

The use of a device employing driving wedge alfords a most powerful, convenient and rapid manner for drawing plates to gether.

What we claim, is-

1. A bolting-up device comprising a post member having a body element with a slot extending diametrically therethrough, a

screw threaded stud extending axially from said body element, a nut engaging the screw thread of said stud, a sleeve provided at one end with notches having inclined inner faces, and a wedge adapted to be driven through the bodyslot and the notches of said sleeve to force the latter toward said nut.

2. A bolting-up device comprising a post member having a body element, a head element at one end of the body element and a stud element at the other end, a slot extending diametrically through the body and head elements, plate-engageable means mounted on said body element and provided at one end with notches at diametrically opposite sides, and a driving wedge adapted to be inserted through said slot and notches.

3. it bolting-up device coi'nprising a post member provided with a body element ha ving a slot extending diametrically therethrough, and a screw tln-ezuled stud element extending axially from said body element, a nut engageable on said stud element, a driving wedge inserted in the post slot, and a sleeve slidably mounted on said body element between said driving wedge and said nut, said sleeve being provided at one end with wedge bearing surfaces disposed in inclined relations to the axis of the sleeve.

A device for drawing together two plates, said device comprising a post memher having one of its ends adapted to be passed through both of the plates, said post being provided with a diametrically disposed slot, plate engaging means provided on said post in spaced relation from said slot, a sleeve slidably mounted on said post, and a wedge-shaped pin adapted to be driven through the post slot between one end of the latter and said sleeve whereby the sleeve and said means are actuated to draw the interposed plates together.

Signed at Seattle, Vashiugton, this 17th day of July, 1919.

JAMES SIANMORE. DAVID KENNEDY.

Vitnesses Pinniuc BARNES, ELIZABETH JonNsoN. 

